noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a passenger coach
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The company had thirty-five new passenger coaches.
a passenger train
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a passenger train bound for Geneva
a plane carries passengers
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A plane carrying 10 civilians was shot down.
a rail passenger
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Rail passengers will have to pay more for their tickets next year.
first-class passenger/seat/compartment etc
main/passenger/car etc deck
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a staircase leading to the passenger deck
passenger seat
the passenger door (= for the person in a car who sits beside the driver )
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The taxi driver was holding open the passenger door.
the passenger seat
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The cop in the passenger seat spun around to stare at him.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
front
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In the front passenger seat, the Campbell.
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Storage space for front passengers is skimpy, limited to door pockets and a small center console.
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Both back and front seat passengers were wearing seat belts.
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Her friend Maya McGhee, also 16, was in the front passenger seat.
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Anne sat in the front in the passenger seat while Adam was in the back with Abigail.
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Stopped at traffic lights, he glanced down at the envelope lying in the shadows on the front passenger seat.
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As a result his friend Shean Kearney, 23, who was sitting in the front passenger seat was fatally injured.
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The front passenger could do with sturdy grab rail on the dash.
other
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There were two other passengers in the boat.
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None of the other passengers moved or spoke.
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He checked to be sure he was out of sight of the other passengers in the lounge.
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It was crowded and the other passengers had also watched the broadcast.
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There were no other passengers on the jumbo.
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Tempers flared as the supporters scuffled with other passengers .
■ NOUN
airline
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He looked like an airline passenger who has just been told that all four engines on his 747 have just failed.
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The government is losing millions because an airline passenger tax can not be collected.
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The B.A.A. prohibited the drivers from entering the airport except as bonafide airline passengers .
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We sat in our seats like airline passengers watching the in-flight movie without headsets.
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Apgood pinched his nose like an airline passenger trying to clear his eardrums, and looked Maxim over carefully.
bus
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Analysis of accidents involving bus passengers in future years will be undertaken.
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In the past year the first phase of the analysis of bus passenger casualties highlighted in the 1991 Plan has been undertaken.
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Without scaremongering, we fear very much for the needs of bus passengers .
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I hope that Hon. Members will confine themselves to talking about bus passengers .
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Reductions in bus passenger and car rear seat passenger casualties have contributed in large degree to this decrease.
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The changes would have a detrimental effect on bus passengers .
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The evidence is that when free concessionary travel was withdrawn fewer trips were made and there were fewer elderly bus passenger casualties.
car
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All passenger cars must withstand the standard 363 tonne buffing load without deforming.
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Taxes on commercial vehicles are also lower than on passenger cars , he said.
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Today, it would be lucky if its top-selling passenger car managed 300,000 units.
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Background: Arizona law limited train lengths to fourteen passenger cars or seventy freight cars in the asserted interests of safety.
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An increase in passenger car exports was offset by a 20 percent fall in commercial vehicle exports.
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It has become the world's most popular passenger car diesel since it was introduced just over 10 years ago.
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Lighttruck sales powered the increase, rising 7. 7 %, while sales of passenger cars dropped 1. 4 %.
door
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He had the passenger door open before she could free herself from the seatbelt.
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Davis entered the passenger door and held a shotgun to her neck.
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Corporal Pocock opened the passenger door , leaned across and shot Fleischmann through the head.
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He got in, put his hands on the wheel, motioned her over to the passenger door .
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He stroked the Gullwing as he passed it and then unlocked the Ferrari's passenger door to let Billie in.
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Immediately he was off in a slow lope without having closed the passenger door .
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He smiled, holding the passenger door open for her.
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As Carla drew closer, the driver leaned over and rolled down the passenger door window.
foot
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Where the foot passenger steps on to the limits before the vehicle reaches them, the driver must accord precedence.
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There was considerable shipping traffic; many wheeled vehicles mingled with the throng of foot passengers .
miles
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For the year, revenue passenger miles increased 8. 8 % to 13. 3 billion.
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For the year, traffic rose 24 % to 1. 26 billion revenue passenger miles from 1. 02 billion.
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For the year, traffic fell 3. 8 % to 40 billion revenue passenger miles from 41. 6 billion.
rail
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The launch will bring a rare toast from millions of rail passengers hit by winter delays caused by leaves on the line.
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Va., has announced that he intends to make an effort today to assure continued rail passenger service for West Virginia.
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Jan 16, 2001 Who should pay the penalty for the miseries suffered by rail passengers this winter?
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Elsewhere rail passengers either found other means of transport, or stayed at home.
revenue
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For the year, revenue passenger miles increased 8. 8 % to 13. 3 billion.
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For the year, traffic rose 24 % to 1. 26 billion revenue passenger miles from 1. 02 billion.
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A revenue passenger mile is one paying passenger flown one mile.
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For the year, traffic fell 3. 8 % to 40 billion revenue passenger miles from 41. 6 billion.
seat
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Both back and front seat passengers were wearing seat belts.
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Reductions in bus passenger and car rear seat passenger casualties have contributed in large degree to this decrease.
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The introduction of compulsory seat belt wearing for rear seat passengers may also have contributed to this reduction.
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This coincided with the introduction of new seat belt legislation regarding rear seat passengers .
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Two are in the front and no bulkhead intrudes into the Squirrel cabin so the rear seat passengers have excellent all-round vision.
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The traditional 100-inch wheelbase has been extended to 108 inches, the extra length being donated to the rear seat passengers .
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But the back seat passenger was Michael Johnson, an armed robber with a history of prison escapes.
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But I was disappointed to find space for back seat passengers as cramped as in the 5.
service
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Developed for carrying coal and agricultural produce a passenger service was rapidly initiated using wagons, open carriages and converted stage coaches.
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Va., has announced that he intends to make an effort today to assure continued rail passenger service for West Virginia.
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It was suggested that 400 passenger services be withdrawn or modified and 2,000 stations and 5,000 route miles closed to passenger traffic.
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And passenger service growth has stalled.
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The revenue impact for social railway investment is met by increases in the passenger service obligation grant.
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Delivery of the jets is scheduled to begin in July, with passenger service to begin in September.
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New working practices would be introduced once passenger services were privatised which would be more flexible.
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The visiting locomotives will progressively arrive during the Steam Festival and after a test run will be used on weekend passenger services .
ship
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There's no more relaxing way of travelling, and passenger ships leave the Burkliplatz daily from April to October.
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Even the Sun Princess' status as the newest passenger ship lasted less than a month.
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A big one - a passenger ship !
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The ship has one of the most loyal followings in passenger ship history.
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At 14 stories high and three football fields in length, it is the biggest passenger ship afloat.
side
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He tossed them on to the back seat and went to the passenger side of the car.
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The attorney showed the rapt jury a blown-up photograph of the van, whose passenger side had been ripped open.
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He approached the front door on the passenger side .
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Officers found him curled in a ball on the passenger side .
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I hesitated for a moment and then approached the car on the passenger side .
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Maura says as she unlocks the door on the passenger side for me.
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He crossed to the passenger side of the car, opened that door too.
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Just then, a car pulled up, and an old woman began struggling to get out of the passenger side .
traffic
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It was suggested that 400 passenger services be withdrawn or modified and 2,000 stations and 5,000 route miles closed to passenger traffic .
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In Arizona, approximately 93 % of the freight traffic and 95 % of the passenger traffic is interstate.
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There, passenger traffic was light, and was generally regarded as a nuisance.
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Bishop's Castle Railway opened for passenger traffic .
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By 1919 much of the passenger traffic had moved to rail and road and only cargo steamers were then employed.
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The station opened in 1933, designed for continuing growth in passenger traffic .
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And the abiding memory of the eighties must be of the greatest achievement, the enormous increase in passenger traffic .
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Swindon and Peterborough probably have more commuters going to them than their total everyday passenger traffic in the steam age.
train
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The engine on the passenger train is the same one that was involved in the Hatfield train disaster.
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Amtrak also runs its passenger trains on this stretch.
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He went to assist at a passenger train derailment last year and got trapped in the wreckage.
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The engine of the passenger train and six wagons in the coal train were considerably damaged.
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No passenger train ever stops here.
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He took them down to the station and sent them off to London by passenger train .
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Since nearly all passenger trains included Pullmans, a nationwide strike resulted.
transport
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Another is the fares paid on passenger transport .
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This research project examines the contrast between policies of integration and competition in the passenger transport industry.
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The subsidies mentioned in the table are mainly directed to housing, passenger transport and other economic affairs and services.
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Edinburgh's transport Railway histories are innumerable and road passenger transport histories are by no means rare.
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Mr Hunter's book is unusual in that this is the first volume of the history of a passenger transport network.
■ VERB
allow
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Private hire cars also carry roof signs showing their telephone numbers, but are only allowed to carry passengers in response to telephone requests.
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Workers in many stations allowed passengers through the turnstiles without the usual 15-cent tickets.
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A sand bar was dredged, allowing the passenger and excursion steamers to make better use of the port.
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Likewise, airlines issue those lists to security personnel at airports which allow only ticketed passengers beyond the security checkpoint.
carry
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Within five years they were carrying over seven million passengers a year.
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Altogether the new £28 million rail link is expected to carry over 1.5 million passengers a year.
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The Le Shuttle trains carried 163, 305 passenger vehicles, including 6, 306 buses, during the month.
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It did not originally carry passengers , since entry was gained by a ladder!
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The Sun Princess carries 1, 950 passengers , far fewer than ships far smaller.
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Fork truck carrying unauthorised passenger . 26.
kill
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Pan Am did not kill its own passengers .
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The Pentagon prepares to blow the plane out of the sky even though it means killing the 400 passengers .
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If not, they will kill a passenger .
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In San Francisco, two limos carrying congressmen also explode, killing all the passengers .
open
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Corporal Pocock opened the passenger door, leaned across and shot Fleischmann through the head.
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For the first few stops, only the front three cars were opened for passengers .
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On 1 May 1956 this branch finally closed, having been opened to passenger and freight traffic in 1863.
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As he always did, Graham opened the passenger door for his wife and closed it once she was in.
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John came round the car to open the rear passenger door, but McCready beat him to it.
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The gunman managed to unbuckle his safety belt and struggled to push open the passenger door.
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As Robert leaned over to open the passenger door, she handed him the plaster but made no attempt to get in.
pay
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Three compartments next to the guard's van were kept for the use of fare paying passengers .
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The load factor is the percentage of seats filled by paying passengers .
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A revenue passenger mile is one paying passenger flown one mile.
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
foot passenger
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There was considerable shipping traffic; many wheeled vehicles mingled with the throng of foot passengers.
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Where the foot passenger steps on to the limits before the vehicle reaches them, the driver must accord precedence.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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About 70 of the train's 500 passengers were injured in the crash.
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The airport was jammed with thousands of passengers from delayed or cancelled flights.
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The driver and all three passengers were killed in the crash.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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It was like a shipwreck, where the resourceful child passenger becomes the first mate.
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Police Superintendent Tony Thompson said 144 passengers had booked tickets, but there could have been more or fewer aboard.
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Several justices voiced doubt about the wisdom of giving police automatic authority to tell all passengers to get out of a car.
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Some allowance must be made for the large number of passengers without tickets in 1922.
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The following table shows how many litres of petrol per 100 passenger kilometres different modes of transport consume.
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The local Station served the surrounding community and carried a fair amount of passenger and freight traffic.